Camponotus gestroi, Salata & Demetriou & Georgiadis & Borowiec, 2023

Camponotus gestroi Emery, 1878 View in CoL

Camponotus gestroi Emery, 1878: 44 , fig. (s.,w.): Camponotus gestroi n. sp., gestroi Em. , Sardegna, Oristano (MSNG) (leg. R. Gestrò) [type images examined, AntWeb, CASENT0905794, photos by Alexandra Westrich and Zach Lieberman available on https://www.AntWeb.org]; Camponotus gestroi ., Sargegna 1873, Gagliari (MSNG) (leg. R. Gestrò) [syntype images examined, AntWeb, CASENT0905391, photos by Alexandra Westrich and Zach Lieberman available on https://www. AntWeb.org].

Diagnosis. Borowiec & Salata (2022): 86.

Distribution in Cyprus

4w., 2m.: Paphos, Diarizos river valley, Extreme View Cafe loc. 1, 251 m, 34.789525 / 32.693906, 19 IV 2022 ( MNHW) GoogleMaps ; 14w.: Paphos, Diarizos river valley, Rocks of Chasampoulion loc. 1a, 269 m, 34.796595 / 32.702353, 19 IV 2022 ( MNHW) GoogleMaps ; 14w.: Paphos, Evretou Dam , 172 m, 34.961659 / 32.477493, 21 IV 2022, L. Borowiec & S. Salata ( MNHW) GoogleMaps ; 3w.: Paphos, Paphos Forest loc. 1 ad Pachiamos , 126 m, 35.16617 / 32.591576, 23 IV 2022, L. Borowiec & S. Salata ( MNHW) GoogleMaps ; 7w.: Paphos, road F612 ad Ag. Konstantinos loc. 2, 397 m, 34.743291 / 32.671972, 28 IV 2022, L. Borowiec & S. Salata ( MNHW) GoogleMaps ; 4w.: Paphos, ad Kalepia , 414 m, 34.837284 / 32.503188, 29 IV 2022 ( MNHW) GoogleMaps ; 5w.: Paphos, Diarizos river valley, Mamonia-Kidasi, Rocks of Chasampoulion loc. 1a, 272 m, 34.7966 / 32.7024, 19 IV 2022, J. Demetriou ( JDPC) GoogleMaps ; 7w.: Paphos, Lasa , 600 m, 34.9269 / 32.5321, 31 III 2022, J. Demetriou ( JDPC) GoogleMaps .

Ecology

Camponotus gestroi has been collected from pine forests and open habitats (xerothermic meadow, dam lake) on Mediterranean bushes.

Camponotus jaliensis Dalla Torre, 1893 Camponotus jaliensis Dalla Torre, 1893: 246 (s.,w.): Syntype workers, Camponotus oertzeni v. jaliensis ., Ile Jali (Yali Island) (MHNG) (leg. von Oertzen) [syntype images examined, AntWeb, CASENT0910192 and CASENT0910193, photos by Alexandra Westrich and Zach Lieberman available on https://www. AntWeb. org].

Diagnosis. Borowiec & Salata (2022): 123. In Cypriot populations only dark forms were collected. Pale forms, common in islands of the Aegean region ( Borowiec & Salata (2022): figs. 54.1, 2 and 54.5, 6), were absent in the material collected in Cyprus.

Distribution in Cyprus

1w.: Larnaka, Skarinou , 156 m, 34.81835 / 33.35652, 25 IV 2022, J. Demetriou & C. Georgiadis ( JDPC) GoogleMaps ; 1w.: Nicosia, 3.4 km N of Farmakas , 677 m, 34.941458 / 33.143697, 24 IV 2022, L. Borowiec & S. Salata ( MNHW) GoogleMaps ; 2w.: Paphos, Agiou Neofytou monastery n. Tala , 398 m, 34.84485 / 32.44509, 07 V 2012, L. Borowiec ( MNHW) GoogleMaps ; 3w.: Paphos, Akamas Pen. - Avakas Gorge , 114 m, 34.92415 / 32.34564, 03 V 2012, L. Borowiec ( MNHW) GoogleMaps ; 1w.: Paphos, Diarizos riv. - ad. Nikokleia , 62 m, 34.73005 / 32.58394, 06 V 2012, L. Borowiec ( MNHW) GoogleMaps ; 1w.: Paphos, Diarizos riv., Rock of Chasampoulion , 262 m, 34.79767 / 32.70502, 06 V 2012, L. Borowiec ( MNHW) GoogleMaps ; 43w.: Paphos, Panagia-Cedar Valley rd. loc. 1, 755 m, 34.92718 / 32.64728, 05 V 2012, L. Borowiec ( MNHW) GoogleMaps ; 1w.: Paphos, Lempa - Sonny Hill Aparthotel , 56 m, 34.8042 / 32.40078, 06 V 2012, L. Borowiec ( MNHW) GoogleMaps ; 1w.: Paphos, Paphos-Lempa beach area loc. 1, 5 m, 34.79964 / 32.39314, 01 V 2012, L. Borowiec ( MNHW) GoogleMaps ; 1w.: Paphos, Pegeia Forest n. Pegeia loc. 1, 364 m, 34.89749 / 32.36742, 04 V 2012, L. Borowiec ( MNHW) GoogleMaps ; 29w.: Paphos, Peyia Forest loc. 2, 396 m, 34.893666 / 32.374942, 18 IV 2022, L. Borowiec ( MNHW) GoogleMaps ; 2w.: Paphos, Diarizos river valley, Extreme View Cafe loc. 1, 251 m, 34.789525 / 32.693906, 19 IV 2022 ( MNHW) GoogleMaps ; 1w.: Paphos, Evretou Dam , 172 m, 34.961659 / 32.477493, 21 IV 2022, L. Borowiec & S. Salata ( MNHW) GoogleMaps ; 1w.: Paphos, 3.3 km W of Helicopter Landing Pad , 800 m, 35.02547 / 32.595378, 21 IV 2022, L. Borowiec & S. Salata ( MNHW) GoogleMaps ; 35w.: Paphos, Stavros tis Psokas, Mouflon Enclosure , 842 m, 35.026647 / 32.630986, 21 IV 2022, L. Borowiec & S. Salata ( MNHW) GoogleMaps ; 25w.: Paphos, Paphos Forest loc. 3, 756 m, 35.10178 / 32.630162, 23 IV 2022, L. Borowiec & S. Salata ( MNHW) GoogleMaps ; 43w.: Paphos, Paphos Forest loc. 4, 808 m, 35.067761 / 32.615137, 23 IV 2022, L. Borowiec & S. Salata ( MNHW) GoogleMaps ; 2w.: Paphos, Kato Paphos, Hotel Veronica , 20 m, 34.74958 / 32.428932, 24 IV 2022, L. Borowiec & S. Salata ( MNHW) GoogleMaps ; 1w.: Paphos, Aphrodite’s Baths , 47 m, 35.056245 / 32.345005, 27 IV 2022, L. Borowiec & S. Salata ( MNHW) GoogleMaps ; 9w.: Paphos, road F612 ad Ag. Konstantinos loc. 1, 368 m, 34.733589 / 32.64293, 28 IV 2022, L. Borowiec & S. Salata ( MNHW) GoogleMaps ; 4w.: Paphos, Agios Neofytos Monastery , 424 m, 34.846027 / 32.447846, 29 IV 2022 ( MNHW) GoogleMaps ; 1w.: Paphos, ad Kalepia , 414 m, 34.837284 / 32.503188, 29 IV 2022 ( MNHW) GoogleMaps ; 1w.: Paphos, Chloraka, Agios Georgios Hotel env., 10 m, 34.8034 / 32.3941, 06 VIII 2022, J. Demetriou ( JDPC) GoogleMaps .

Ecology

Camponotus jaliensis has been collected from agricultural land (sowed field, next to road bushes at streambanks), urban habitats (pedestrian road and roadsides, monastery, hotel and botanical garden), forests and shadowy habitats (cave, gorge, pine forest, shadow valley), open (xerothermic meadow), coastal (beach area) and riparian habitats (riverbanks, close to dam lake).